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There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty. George Farquhar

Crime Poverty Scandal Shameful Like Nor Any Rags

Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind. George Gilder

Mind Poverty State Real Than Less Income

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. George Gissing

Poverty Bitter Generous Leaves Curses Right

Everyone's seen poverty - well, most have. Ghostface Killah

Seen Poverty Everyone Most Well

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Wisdom Matter Father Poverty Power Exhausted Creation Final Waver Though Through Counsel Part Fail His

I have to say that if our global alliances are going to be alliances with Hezbollah and Hamas and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and Vladimir Putin's Russia, there is absolutely no chance of building a world-wide alliance that can deal with poverty and inequality and climate change and financial instability, and we've got to face up to that fact. Gordon Brown

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If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends. Gordon Brown

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And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well. Gordon Parks

Beautiful Somebody Poverty Think Desolation Something Well Years After Planet Working Hard Show Showing Nearly Right

There are many Asian-Americans who are living in poverty, especially our senior citizens. Grace Meng

Poverty Living Our Citizens Senior Senior Citizens Who Many

Expanding access to decent work opportunities is the most effective way to increase labor-market participation, lift people out of poverty, reduce inequality, and drive economic growth. It should be at the center of policymaking. The alternative is a dog-eat-dog world in which too many will feel left out. Guy Ryder

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Means-tested benefits have one incredible feature in that they impose huge poverty traps. Guy Standing

Benefits Poverty Incredible Feature Impose Huge Traps

Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. Hannah More

Youth Luxury Poverty More Perilous Quicksand Than Storms Chains

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose, and she taught us how to be valiant in the face of oppression. Harry Belafonte

Oppression Mother Face Poverty Sense Valiant Purpose Had Road Also She How Taught Children Midwife Us Found Her Bring

In order to counteract income inequality, it's essential to tackle poverty in an integrated way that has long-term impact. We need to give people the capacity to be resilient, to take on challenges and to learn the skills they need to work toward more prosperous futures. Helene D. Gayle

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At CARE, a leading humanitarian organization, we recognize people live their lives in a holistic manner. Issues such as health care, education and economic empowerment cannot be addressed in a vacuum. Thus, effective programs need to tackle the multiple root causes of poverty. Helene D. Gayle

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With political will and strategic initiatives, we can prevent more and more of our global neighbors from falling into the abyss of poverty and instead give future generations the opportunities they need to rise to their fullest potential. Helene D. Gayle

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Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty. Helene D. Gayle

Suffering Marriage Poverty Chronic Most Communities Deep Early

In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. Henri Nouwen

God Poverty Mentally Gospel Reveal Handicapped Close Hold Us

The enemy of human happiness as well as the cause of poverty and starvation is not the birth of children. It is the failure of people to do with the earth what God could teach them to do if only they would ask and then obey, for they are agents unto themselves. Henry B. Eyring

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